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...will Ryan, a self-described "modern hermit," adjust to the post's demands? She expects that 90% of her life will be disrupted. "But I'm ready to be interrupted," she says. "I'm getting tired of myself, tired of inflicting myself on myself. I'm ready to inflict myself on others...
...Putting aside the self-serving definitions of the political extremes, patriotism means believing in the best we were, are and can be, while learning from the missteps along the way. If we love our nation, we should have faith in its people. It is unpatriotic, however, to believe your nation can't compete in a global market, can't endure immigration or flawed leadership, is collapsing from license and lawlessness or must conform to your interpretation of Scripture. Understanding that is what will make this a better place to live. Richard Sem, TREVOR...
...McCain has struggled to find his voice in this environment. His initial reaction to the foreclosure crisis boiled down to old-fashioned conservative self-reliance, which went over like a lead balloon, and was eventually replaced with a more aggressive plan for government assistance. He has changed or shaded his positions on offshore drilling, the estate tax, ethanol, immigration and a host of other issues. He can't seem to decide whether to run as a maverick and risk demoralizing a GOP base that already mistrusts him or run as a conservative and risk alienating swing voters who already miss...
...home is a castle, and Americans cherish their right to protect it. Indeed, self-defense is conspicuous among the motives that have put firearms into about half of all U.S. homes. The results of such preparedness? A new study suggests that a gun in the house is a bigger threat to the inhabitants than to anybody else. In last week's New England Journal of Medicine, Physicians Arthur L. Kellermann and Donald T. Reay analyze 398 shooting deaths that occurred from 1978 to 1983 in households with guns in the Seattle area. The score: only nine deaths involved an intruder...
...ferry; in Alaska, the ferries are part of the highway system. Taylor Highway, a gravel track passable in summer, heads north from the Alaska Highway through Chicken (so named, according to local lore, because its founders could not spell ptarmigan) and eventually reaches Eagle, where it stops. The most self-indulgent and leisurely way to reach Alaska is to head for Seattle or Vancouver, board a cruise ship and eat your way north. For its 625 passengers on a recent seven-day voyage from Vancouver to Whittier, a seaport near Anchorage, the Cunard Princess stocked its cold rooms with...